Two chiral catalysts working hand in hand
Chemists develop a synthetic method providing access to different stereoisomers of a molecule: Study published in 'Nature Catalysis'Credit: Barsu Nagaraju/MPI ...
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Imaging technique gives catalytic 2D material engineering a better view
Credit: Kanazawa University The properties of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides are attracting a great deal of interest, and one of ...
Development of a new low-cost gallium nitride (GaN) crystal manufacturing device
A breakthrough in the development of power devicesCredit: Taiyo Nippon Sanso Co. JST announces the successful development of a high-quality ...
Russia’s nuclear industry set to fight the climate crisis by exporting education
Credit: Anastasia Barei / Country of Rosatom Challenges and perspectives for Russia's nuclear industry on its way to assuming a ...
Solving the thermoelectric ‘trade-off’ conundrum with metallic carbon nanotubes
Strategy to bypass trade-off between thermoelectric voltage and conductivityCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University ...
Making higher-energy light to fight cancer
Researchers use nontoxic silicon nanocrystals to convert low-energy photons into high-energy ones, bringing scientists closer to developing photodynamic treatments for ...
Daylight damage-saving time
A research team led by Kanazawa University studies the process by which the performance of advanced solar cells degrades over ...
The coldest reaction
With ultracold chemistry, researchers get a first look at exactly what happens during a chemical reaction By "freezing out "... ...
Thermo-chemical power generation integrated with forced convection cooling
Credit: Tokyo Tech Active cooling is crucial in most modern technologies, ranging from microprocessors in data centers to turbines and ...
Carbon intensity of power sector down in 2019
Credit: Power Sector Carbon Index, Scott Institute for Energy Innovation Engineers from Carnegie Mellon University's Scott Institute for Energy Innovation ...
New pads absorb shock better than foam with air flow and easy manufacture
HRL Laboratories' microlattice impact attenuator pads outperform current helmet pads in single or multiple hits and are made with light-casting ...
Nuclear reactors with a newly proposed barrier could’ve withstood Chernobyl and Fukushima
Credit: Country of Rosatom In the aftermath of the notorious accidents in the history of nuclear energy at Three Mile ...
Ammonia synthesis made easy with 2D catalyst
Rice University scientists develop inorganic process for small-scale productionCredit: Lou Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 25, 2019) - Rice University ...
Establishment of technologies for producing two types of zeolite nanoparticles
For transparent, moisture-absorbing packaging materials and applications to heating cosmeticsCredit: ©Nakamura Choukou Co. JST has announced that the development subject ...
New material captures and converts toxic air pollutant into industrial chemical
Metal-organic framework material requires only water and air to convert the captured gas into nitric acid for industrial useCredit: Jill ...
Small, fast, and highly energy-efficient memory device inspired by lithium-ion batteries
Credit: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Virtually all digital devices that perform any sort of processing of information require not ...
New electrodes could increase efficiency of electric vehicles and aircraft
Credit: Texas A&M Engineering The rise in popularity of electric vehicles and aircraft presents the possibility of moving away from ...
Clean air research converts toxic air pollutant into industrial chemical
Credit: The University of Manchester A toxic pollutant produced by burning fossil fuels can be captured from the exhaust gas ...
Efficient bottom-up synthesis of new perovskite material for the production of ammonia
Credit: Tokyo Tech Perovskites are a class of synthetic materials that have a crystalline structure similar to that of the ...
Chemists create new route to PHAs: naturally degradable bioplastics
Chemical catalysis for an existing class of biomaterialsCredit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Photography A tide of public momentum is swelling ...